Winter on the mountain (Gary Hart) -- The situationist (Marion Berry) -- Negative capability (Mario Cuomo) -- Belfast confetti (Gerry Adams) -- Unforgiven (Alger Hiss) -- The September song of Mr. October (Reggie Jackson) -- Hamlet in Hollywood -- The devil problem (Elaine Pagels) -- Perfect pitch (Joseph Brodsky) -- Visible man (Ralph Ellison) -- Dr. Wilson's neighborhood (William Julius Wilson) -- A father and his son (Kenzaburo and Hikari Oe) -- "I'm back" (Michael Jordan) -- Raging bull (Dennis Rodman) -- Last of the red hots (Ben Bradlee) -- Good news is no news (USA today) -- News in a dying language (the Forward) -- The last gentleman (Murray Kempton)

The Devil Problem and Other True Stories is David Remnick's first book since his Pulitzer Prize-winning Lenin's Tomb. While Remnick has continued to visit and report on Russia, he has also written on a wide variety of subjects for the New Yorker, from politics to opera. This work collects the best of these pieces

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